The Mayor of Salem is the first citizen of Salem, a metropolitan city in the State of Tamil Nadu, southern India. The mayor is an elected officeholder who, along with 60 councillors of the Salem City Municipal Corporation is the chief administrator of the city.
The mayor is elected directly by the electorate. This was temporarily scrapped in 2006 in favour of an indirect election among the councillors. The process of direct elections was brought back in 2011 on the recommendation of the Election Commission of India.
The office of Mayor of Salem, like all other mayors in Tamil Nadu, was vacant from 25 October 2016 to 4 March 2022 due to repeated delays in holding civic polls in the State. Following the 2022 urban polls, A. Ramachandran of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) was sworn in as the sixth Mayor of Salem on 4 March 2022.
List of mayors S.PortraitNameElected WardPolitical PartyTerm of OfficeCorporation ElectionFromToDays in office1G. SoodamaniDravida Munnetra Kazhagam25 October 199620011st
()1st2R. Suresh KumarDirectly electedAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam200120061st
(5 years)2nd3S. Soundappan200627 October 20061st
(210 days)4J. Rekha PriyadharshiniDirectly electedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam28 October 200624 October 20111st
()3rd5S. SoundappanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam25 October 201124 October 20162nd ()4thCorporation / Mayoralty suspended (25 October 2016 - 2 March 2022)6 A. Ramachandran 6Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam4 March 2022Incumbent1st
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